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IG-Smart — Governance, Risk & Assurance

South West London Better Care Fund

An information-governance framework for integrated health and social care across South West London

Strongest proof

Integrated-care data-sharing governance

Sector
Healthcare / NHS · Public Sector
Capability
Information Governance · NHS & HealthTech
Geography
South West London
Engagement model
Strategic & programme advisory
Evidence
Named client · Public evidence

At a glance

Who
South West London Better Care Fund · Healthcare / NHS · Public Sector
Why it mattered
Health organisations and local authorities across South West London needed a common, lawful basis for sharing care records.
IG-Smart's role
Information-governance programme leadership

01The exposure

A multi-borough South West London integrated-care programme required a common information-governance framework to support lawful health and social-care data sharing across organisational boundaries.

Integrated care depends on professionals seeing the right records at the right time — lawfully, securely and consistently across bodies with differing requirements.

02The mandate

A single information-governance framework that reconciled differing local requirements and would withstand legal and technical scrutiny.

Commissioned scope

  • IG programme leadership
  • Legal and technical data-sharing framework
  • Harmonisation of borough and NHS requirements

03Environment

Organisation context

Describes the client organisation — not the size of IG-Smart's work.

  • Integrated health and social care programme

Frameworks in scope

  • Data Protection Act
  • NHS information-governance requirements

Scope boundary

  • Each participating organisation remained a controller accountable for its own data

04IG-Smart's approach

  1. 01

    Data-sharing framework

    Developed the legal and technical framework allowing multi-disciplinary professionals to share data across organisational and system boundaries.

  2. 02

    Harmonising requirements

    Worked with participating boroughs and health bodies to reconcile differing local requirements into one workable model.

  3. 03

    Grounded in law and NHS IG practice

    Built the model on data-protection law and NHS information-governance practice, focused on practical implementation.

05Engagement scale

What IG-Smart's work covered

  • IG programme leadership
  • Legal and technical data-sharing framework

06What we delivered

  • Integrated data-sharing framework (legal and technical)
  • Harmonised IG requirements across participating organisations

07Outcome

Professional assessment

Delivered a single IG framework designed to operate across multiple local authorities and NHS bodies.

08What this demonstrates

Relevant to health and public-sector programmes that need a common information-governance framework to support lawful data sharing across multiple organisations with differing operational requirements.

09What buyers can verify

Public

  • Named client
  • Engagement scope
  • Deliverable types described

Further evidence can be discussed subject to confidentiality and client permissions.

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